If the Bucks were to add Josh Smith without having to deal Jennings, they will rise as high as 4th in the East. I am not scared of anything I see in Boston, Atlanta, or Brooklyn, and word is spreading faster and faster that the Bulls are going to make big changes by dealing Boozer and Hamilton. If Rose does not come back, we should pass the Bulls as well leaving only the Heat, Knicks, and Pacers ahead of us. No chance we catch the Heat or Knicks, but I think we can give the Pacers a run for their money, we play them again, and are only 5 games back.

So lets all please stop acting like this year is the same as others, when we are 9 games under .500 and are trying to live a pipe dream and get the 8th seed. A win now move does way more then the 8th seed for this Bucks team.

jeremyd236 wrote:Hammond is not dumb enough to have Jennings, Ellis, and Smith on the same team. I don't get why you guys continue to involve scenarios in which Jennings stays and is resigned for $10m/year, etc. He has to go, and I think it's Hammond's main priority.

The question is, if not Jennings, who, sure his efficiency is bad, but he is still only .15 points per shot behind guys like Jrue Holiday, so as inefficient as Jennings is, he is much closer to other players then everyone here gives him credit for.

Is Jennings a star, HELL NO, but he is a proven 18 ppg .515 TS% , 6 apg player (apg are low this year sharing PG duties while on the court with Ellis, he realistically can get to around 7.5apg) and 2.0 spg player, which is far above the average PG in the league, and those PG's, such as Calderon are going to require near 10m themselves anyways.

Bottom line, if shooting is a players only major weakness, you hang on to that player, because shooting is one thing that you can improve year to year. Now, some of you are going to say his shot selection sucks, and up to this year, I would agree 100%, but this year, the only time I have seen him take bad shots is when he is really feeling it, and pulls a heat check 25 ft 3, making half of em, but the thing is, every other player in the league does this as well. And lets be real, if not Jennings or Ellis, then who, we have no true go to shooter, so say they chuck all you want, but I would much rather Jennings or Ellis, then Moute or any other player besides Mike D.

He is improving his shot selection, handling, and defense (guy is like an annoying nat) with his only other weakness being his lack of a big body so it is hard for him to fight through screens. Sanders helps mask that quite well, and if you had Josh Smith to pair with him, you would not even notice its an issue. At 10m per, that is a very good bargain price for a borderline All-Star PG.

Now Monta Ellis, I cannot defend him at all, bad shooters chucking up shots with 18 secs left on the clock are just bad IQ players.

I really think the Bucks are in the best position we've been in years as far as having assets to make things happen. Here are some move I would look into because I think the other side would put serious consideration into it.

This is what I would do for my BucksMonta Ellis for Dudley, Brown and Markief Morris

Ilyasova and Dalembert to ATL for Josh Smith

Mbah a Moute to Denver for Wilson Chandler (with Doron Lamb as a potential sweetener if they don't bite.)

I think those trades get rid of our glaring hole, spreads our offense, strengthens our defense and gives Milwaukee the most exciting team they've had for a long while. Also I think most of the trades are doable.

I really think the Bucks are in the best position we've been in years as far as having assets to make things happen. Here are some move I would look into because I think the other side would put serious consideration into it.

This is what I would do for my BucksMonta Ellis for Dudley, Brown and Markief Morris

Ilyasova and Dalembert to ATL for Josh Smith

Mbah a Moute to Denver for Wilson Chandler (with Doron Lamb as a potential sweetener if they don't bite.)

I think those trades get rid of our glaring hole, spreads our offense, strengthens our defense and gives Milwaukee the most exciting team they've had for a long while. Also I think most of the trades are doable.

jr lucosa wrote:I have a feeling we see a string of trades, maybe 2 or 3, or nothing gets done. With the way this is shaping up It feels like every possible move is dependent on something else.

I hope you're just pulling this right out of ur @ss and not basing it on those dubious and most likely completely bogus 'forum sources'. Doing the latter would definitely end up making u look incredibly naive and foolish...